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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: danmusic24 on 09 October 2011, 12:58

Title: mileage
Post by: danmusic24 on 09 October 2011, 12:58

strange one! anyone have a idea why my mileage display has gone from 96000 to 2miles? :undecided:

Title: Re: mileage
Post by: Leon27 on 09 October 2011, 13:06

Is the mileage going up as you drive? Just something to try, take the neg battery off and reattach it after 15mins. See if it comes back up? Might be just a glitch that needs resetting.

Title: Re: mileage
Post by: danmusic24 on 09 October 2011, 13:11

no the display reset itself to 0miles(after having a flat battery) took it for spin now reads 2miles after driving to miles? left battery disconnected last night but still the same....does vagcom give out a mileage reading?..

Title: Re: mileage
Post by: Khare on 09 October 2011, 13:14

Sure its not teeing trip mileage rather than total?

Title: Re: mileage
Post by: Leon27 on 09 October 2011, 13:16

Quote from: Khare on 09 October 2011, 13:14

Sure its not teeing trip mileage rather than total?

+1 with this

Title: Re: mileage
Post by: danmusic24 on 09 October 2011, 13:19

no clearly displays TOTAL 2 MILES pressing the little button displays trip 0.0?

Title: Re: mileage
Post by: danmusic24 on 09 October 2011, 13:33

(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff411/danmusic24/IMAG0213.jpg)

Title: Re: mileage
Post by: danmusic24 on 09 October 2011, 13:43

1995 golf for sale only done 2miles :laugh:

Title: Re: mileage
Post by: Seanl on 09 October 2011, 14:02

Hub (hold up battery) in the clocks is dead

Title: Re: mileage
Post by: Wayne on 09 October 2011, 20:30

As above, or the cluster is in trouble

Title: Re: mileage
Post by: danmusic24 on 24 October 2011, 10:03

if i swapped the cluster with one from a scrapyard car would it solve the problem?

Title: Re: mileage
Post by: Seanl on 24 October 2011, 10:23

Should be so long as they are clocks from the same car as yours (GTI 8V or whatever it is) and they work in the first place. Obviously you will have the milage that was on the scrappy car though. Have a look on egay as there may be some with similar milage to what yours is currently on. Dont be tempted to get ones with much less milage without declaring it when you come to sell it though, and may be worth informing your insurance company. Not entirely sure if the insurance company would give a toss, but it kinda covers you, as VOSA will have all milage for your car recorded at MOTs, and if it gets recorded as less than the last time round, you could find yourself on the end of some unwanted questions.............

Title: Re: mileage
Post by: danmusic24 on 24 October 2011, 10:34

i thought the ecu tells clocks what mileage the car has done?

Title: Re: mileage
Post by: Seanl on 24 October 2011, 10:36

No mate, thats why yours has reset itself. Milage is stored on the clocks I'm afraid.

Title: Re: mileage
Post by: Wayne on 24 October 2011, 10:59

Mileage can be reset.

Title: Re: mileage
Post by: danmusic24 on 24 October 2011, 11:07

what do you mean? reset
i spoke to mot place and asked if it would be problem not displaying correct mileage,they said they would just write down what mileage is displayed

Title: Re: mileage
Post by: Seanl on 24 October 2011, 11:11

You can get your clocks programmed to read the correct milage from a proper place for around £40-£50. If you can sort your own clocks to stop resetting every time you switch off its pobably best. Otherwise you could buy a set on ebay and get them done, or buy a set with roughly the same milage as yours had, and just stick them straight in job done.